Three-ish miles today inside the Parley's Historic Nature Park. I forgot my GPS, so I don't know my exact distance, but based on my measurements from last week I should have been around three miles, maybe a little further. The trail is getting seriously rutted out from the constant thaw/freeze cycle we've been experiencing for the past few days. Each day as the snow warms up it turns into slush, then refreezes each night. When it refreezes all of the footprints, dog tracks, and little depressions turn into a sharp rut, which makes finding good footing difficult. I ran again with my MICROspikes, but probably didn't need them. I think I ran too hard yesterday and stayed up too late last night, but this was a tough run. By the time I was on the uphill portion of the third loop I felt like I was moving awfully slow. The Steve even seemed a bit worn out, too. |